Sainsbury announces tight monitoring of CSR
The government this week pledged to keep an eye on both arms of the new Joint Infrastructure Fund, the Pounds 600 million Wellcome Trust/government pot to which universities can bid for new buildings...
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St Andrews to merge with teaching college
Scotland's sole Roman Catholic teacher education college, St Andrew's, is due to merge with Glasgow University on April 1. Scottish secretary Donald Dewar has approved the merger proposal, saying it...
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Government to support older disabled students
The government has backed down on proposals to remove financial support for older disabled students. Disability support groups and the National Union of Students this week welcomed the government's...
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University for Industry must be able to adapt
A report by the Institute for Public Policy Research says that the government's planned University for Industry will succeed only if local course and access structures are flexible enough to respond...
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Higher education to mind its languages
Universities and colleges could make millions by providing language courses to British business. Stephen Hagen, dean of languages at Wolverhampton University and an adviser on the government's...
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Artists likely to go it alone
Art and design graduates are up to five times more likely to be self-employed than graduates of many other major disciplines, according to latest figures on students destinations from the Higher...
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NFTS team sails into Oscars
A team of National Film and Television School graduates is hoping for a bit of luck after receiving its third Oscar nomination for best animated film, with Jolly Roger, having lost out on the award...
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UCAS drops applications bulletin after press leak
The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service came under fire this week after it cancelled an institutional applications bulletin following leaks to the press. Vice-chancellors and senior managers...
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AUT gets ready to strike
Executive members of the Association of University Teachers will draw up a detailed timetable of industrial disputes today to prepare for immediate action should pay negotiations fail. They are due...
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University of North London talks
* Managers and unions at the University of North London held seven hours of talks this week, with more planned, as an academic boycott of the university over new contracts began to bite. External...
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Split 'no' vote lets Cambridge go ahead with secret pay rises
Controversial plans to give the vice-chancellor at Cambridge University personal discretionary powers to award selected professors secret salary enhancements of up to Pounds 20,000 will go ahead...
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Grants rise to add more places
Scottish secretary Donald Dewar has hailed this week's announcement of grants to Scottish further education colleges as "nothing short of a funding revolution". This is the last direct Scottish...
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FEFC funding may slow expansion
Expansion drives by entrepreneurial colleges will be scuppered under "mechanistic" college funding plans, despite the government's call for an extra 700,000 students, college leaders have warned,...
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Poaching colleges under fire
Colleges are to be named and shamed for poaching students from outside their local areas as part of a drive to encourage local provision. Tables to be published soon by the Further Education Funding...
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Kingston loses school of physics
Kingston University is the latest institution to close its physics department. Last week the university announced that its school of applied physics would close completely in two year's time. Staff...